The film doesn’t officially release for another 10 days. Keep in mind that any “first” screenings like this are mostly social media “influencers” that the studio trusts to give them glowing, slobbering, slavish reviews. “Supergirl” did have the same thing, with the “ecstatic” participants each walking away with a gift bag of swag and a pat on the head.
This one just may be too big to fail, but with the woke-casting, woke-screenplay, and indie-vibe of the dialog in the previews, I have no doubts they’ve left a ton of money on the table.
Universal Pictures is completely bypassing early social media influencer screenings for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Instead, the studio opted to host exclusive professional critic and press screenings following the film’s global premiere in London on July 6, allowing reviews to set the early narrative ahead of the global release.